What your business can learn from those Facebook giraffes

You may think it's some new animal movement, but all those giraffe pictures you're seeing on your Facebook page are just the results of users complying with a fun riddle.

To sum it up as short as possible: Users were given a riddle. If you got it right, good for you. If not, change your Facebook photo into a picture of a giraffe — any photo you desire worked. This has come to be known as The Great Giraffe Challenge.

Here was the riddle: "3:00 a.m., the doorbell rings and you wake up. Unexpected visitors. It's your parents and they are there for breakfast. You have strawberry jam, honey, wine, bread and cheese. What is the first thing you open?"

If you want to know the answer I will end the blog with it, so you can try to solve it yourself. But this fun trick made me realize how good it is to challenge ourselves mentally once in awhile to get the creative juices flowing.

The article's writer, Robbie Hyman, said interesting surprises like those helped make meetings he's been in more exciting. "As a result, the meeting generated real progress and great ideas, and it even strengthened the bonds among the team," he wrote.

So don't be afraid to try some out-of-the-box things at your next meeting. Sometimes even the most motivated worker needs a little pick-me-up to get the brain energy going.

What kind of activities have you done at your meeting to get workers involved?

And here you go: The answer to the riddle was the door. However, opening your eyes is also acceptable.